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Random Places by Former Name

Can you name these randomly selected places that were formerly referred to by these names?
the name could refer to any period in time - be aware that places may not have been independent by then!
answer must correspond to the yellow box
the answers change every time!
Quiz by Gassu
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Last updated: February 3, 2020
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First submittedFebruary 3, 2020
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Old Name
What is it?
Current name
Benares
city
Varanasi
Barcino
city
Barcelona
Kampuchea
country
Cambodia
Lusitania
country
Portugal
Titograd
city
Podgorica
New Hebrides
country
Vanuatu
Yerba Buena
city
San Francisco
Southern Rhodesia
country
Zimbabwe
Gorky
city
Nizhny Novgorod
Côte d'Ivoire
country
Ivory Coast
Old Name
What is it?
Current name
Northern Rhodesia
country
Zambia
Rangoon
city
Yangon
Karl-Marx-Stadt
city
Chemnitz
Reval
city
Tallinn
Upper Peru
country
Bolivia
Pressburg
city
Bratislava
Poona
city
Pune
Caledonia
region
Scotland
Gold Coast
country
Ghana
Bohemia
country
Czech Republic
3 Comments
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Level 51
Feb 3, 2020
Where is Edo? I think that'd be a good one, great quiz either way!
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Level 70
Feb 3, 2020
Edo is in here! With the quiz being random, you may have to refresh a few times to get it ;)
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Level 61
Feb 3, 2020
Nice quiz!